Biography
Dr. Xiaolei Xie is an associate professor in the Department of Industrial Engineering, Tsinghua University. He obtained his Ph.D. degree in Industrial and Systems Engineering in May 2014 from University of Wisconsin, Madison. His research focuses on improving healthcare system and production system using Industrial Engineering approaches, which emphasizes the translational impact through effective collaboration with involved practitioners. His research aims at providing insights and uncovering fundamental rules that reside in healthcare, production and other service systems with similar problem structures.
Honors and Awards
Second-class Distinguished Class Supervisor of Tsinghua University (2017)
Outstanding Performance Award (Department Level), Department of Industrial Engineering, Tsinghua University (2016,2017)
Beijing Excellent Talent Scholarship (2015)
SMDM International Travel Scholarship (2015)
Selected Participant of INFORMS New Faculty Colloquium (2014)
Rea C & David H Gustafson Scholarship, ISyE Dept at UW-Madison (2013)
BP Energy Research Award (2011)
Educational Background
Ph.D. Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 2014
M.S.Industrial and Operations Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 2009
B.S.Mechanical Engineering, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Beijing, 2008
Employment History
Associate Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering, Tsinghua University, 2017/12-present
Assistant Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering, Tsinghua University, 2014/07-2017-12
Research Intern, Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery, Mayo Clinic, 2012/05-2012/08
Courses
Introduction to Healthcare Systems Engineering
Undergraduate IE Practice
Automation and Production Systems
Manufacturing in China
Introduction to Manufacturing Engineering
Research Interests
Stochastic models in healthcare and production systems
Data analytics in healthcare
Data-driven health policy and intervention studies
Research Projects
PI:
2015-2016, Beijing Excellent Talent Scholarship, Continuous improvement and resource allocation optimization of Beijing tertiary referral hospitals
2015-present, National Health Commission of the People’s Republic of China, Topics in Healthcare systems engineering and data analytics
2016-2018, National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), Advanced analytics in hospital rapid response system
2016-2017, Tsinghua-Berkeley Shenzhen Institute-Waveguider Joint Research Center, CGM-based data analytics and health intervention studies of diabetes
CO-PI:
2015-2019, National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), Medical and health data analytics and decision-making, 
